I am curious about this kerensky set them up to fail notion. While it is cannon or cannonish that he did that to the wolverines why would he do so with the other clans? To seed his society with future bogeymen?
When the Clans were first getting set up by Kerensky, Khan Schmitt ran her vision of the Blood Spirits and Clan society by Nicky and he was fine with it.
But later, as "Clan history" moved along, Nicky rebuked her and the Spirits in the Grand Council for being unClanlike.
I think the Blood Spirits were originally being set up for failure by Nicky K himself. He needed an example of how the Clans were meant work, and the Blood Spirits were going to be it.
Then unforseen, the Wolverine Crisis happened and the Clans got to witness an Annihilation. Kerensky had his example, so he only needed to rebuke the Blood Spirits, instead of ordering their Annihilation or Absorption.. He didn't want his still fledgling clans to weaken themselves too much.
It's just my observation and opinions will vary..